Vol 2 Chapter 3 (1/2)
It was said that Kagurazaka Kyouko had been in three different bands before she even reached the age of sixteen
The first band was for her first year of uy who planned to play through songs only stru, while the drummer couldn't even desynchronize his hands and his feet To solve that, Kagurazaka Kyouko thought up an ingenious arrangeer to help out with the snare dru she couldn't sing if she did that So, Kagurazaka-senpai took over and becaer instead—she practiced really hard on the three Green Day songs they had chosen for the perforirl said she wanted to sing as well, and accused Kyouko of being sly; the girl ended up not co for the rehearsal The bassist and the druirl and blaurazaka Kyouko went up on stage with her guitar by herself, and began her solo act with <desperado> by the Eagles Even though her performance was very well received, the band was dissolved the very same day
The second band was for the summer of her second year of irls Kyouko joined the band because she was intrigued by a recruitment poster they had posted up at the live house she frequented The band had advertised itself using the phrase ”The Michael Jackson of Gospel Rock,” and she was attracted by the weird but interesting concept that ritten there So even though she was slightly concerned about the age difference between herself and the rest of the band ly, she was extremely popular with the rest of the members, and they i one of the celebration parties, it was revealed that Kagurazaka Kyouko frequented the houses of the various ether with theht that even the fans got involved in The only person who escaped from all that was the very person in question, who happened to be in a sober state back then The band was dismissed the very next day as well
The third band was formed after she had just been promoted to her third year of middle school She was invited to join the band by the shop assistant of the music store she frequented The rest of the three e of the band h—one of them was already married However, the band performed mostly British hard rock, which she had happened to be obsessed with at the tireed to join However, that band was dissolved after three months
” And that means the Folk Music Research Club is your fourth?”
”Wait, hold on a second Don't just skip the i opposite of Senpai, I quickly asked, ”Why did the third band dissolve?”
As I had raisedChiaki, as sitting next to onally in front of me—stared at me
”Hht, you know about Nagashi+ma's Musical Instru at now The owner of that store was one of the three members of the band, and the incident concerns his reputation”
I couldn't help but feel a chill run through uitar According to Chiaki, Senpaithe weakness of the owner and threatening hi of the third band, right?
”I'm more concerned about the second band” Chiaki bit the straw in her cola and said furiously, ”Senpai, you've laid your hands on way too irls already!”
”M on that too Well, I didn't doa lesbian relationshi+p would result in infringing the I to do with the Immorality Act, yeah!? Man, this person why do her conversations always go in that direction?
Because the third years had make-up lessons and exams today, ere unable to hold practice So, on our way hoh Senpai said she would be talking about the live perfors we chatted about were all unrelated to that and full of rubbish That was quite worrying for the members of the newly formed band
”Anyway, in order to allow the band to steadily s First, if I am to be in another band, I must definitely start it myself”
And with that, Senpai looked at all of us This was the first tiathered the four members of the band from scratch Since Senpai's an idealist, I don't think it'd be a good idea for her to join someone else's band anyway
”Second, the male-to-female ratio of the band The first was 2:2, the second was 0:4, and the third was 3:1—and they all failed Since Ioption left was to foruy”
” So you invited me to join the band because of a stupid reason like that?”
After hearing me say that with a dumbfounded expression on my face, Senpai cocked her eyebrows
”That's not a stupid reason, and that's not the only reason either I told you already, right?”
Well, she isn't wrong This person see, but is there really any relationshi+p between the male-to-female ratio of a band and the band's survival?
”Lastly, the final person to join the band has to come up with the name of the band”
Senpai took a look at Mafuyu, as sitting next to her Up until then, Mafuyu had kept silent the whole ti at the dry fries But when she heard Senpai say that, she lifted her head up in shock
” M-Me?”
”Yes” Senpai grabbed Mafuyu's hand with her oo hands
”W-Why?”
Mafuyu was confused, and I was too Why must Mafuyu be the one to come up with the name?
Senpai took the box of fries
”This is rabbed a fry and placed it on the tray ”Followed by Comrade Aihrara” She looked at Chiaki briefly, then picked out another fry, and placed it side by side with the first ”Next is young htly shorter fry ”And finally Coest fry of the lot After spending so the first three fries, she used the last fry as a string to tie the three fries together with a knot
”See, we have gathered together because of Comrade Ebisawa We can form our band because you joined us Therefore—if we're to come up with a name, it should be decided by this person here”
Senpai placed the bundle of tied fries before Mafuyu She then pointed to the three fries plus the long one, and said,
”You have to be the one to na as you don't leave, the re three people will never break apart and be separated”
Senpai continued to look straight into Mafuyu's eyes Mafuyu bit her lip and lowered her head to shi+ft her gaze away
” But I—”
”You can come up hatever name you wish Just use words you like”
”I'll be very troubled if you say that”
”Why?”
”Because I only joined because I followed Naomi”
Chiaki looked at ht on Mafuyu's pale white lips What's going on here? Why is Mafuyu so afraid?
”Therefore, I cannot be the one to decide so as important as this”
”It's precisely because it's so very important that I want Comrade Ebisawa to decide”
Senpai brought her face right next to Mafuyu's, and said gently,
”I'ht noever, I have to rent the place for our live performance, and also work on the posters and the tickets So, if possible, give me your answer after to camp”
”I haven't decided if I want to attend the training camp”
”You don't want to go? Why?”
Mafuyu interrupted Senpai's words by shaking her ed looks for a moment—her expression was one of confusion
We obtained Ebi+chiri's approval two days ago, but Mafuyu still hadn't expressed any intention of joining the training cas to convince Ebi+chiri, but somehow, it was really difficult for us to broach the topic with Mafuyu; so, we never asked her about her interest in joining the training camp
so this was the first ti I felt slightly depressed To think we had already achieved that sort of understanding when it came to music, and yet, Mafuyu still didn't blend in with us at all? Even for me, I was deeply touched by Mafuyu's music e played <kashmir>
Just as Senpai was about to speak, Mafuyu loudly pushed her chair away and stood up
” Mafuyu? Wha—”
Ignoring uitar case onto her shoulder, anddown the stairs in an instant
That leftup—with no choice but to sit back down in my chair
What the heck, why did things suddenly turn out like this? Did so to make her unhappy?
” Well well This girl is really sensitive”
Senpai , silky black hair loose, and heaved a sigh
”I had no intention of repri her, but it seems like she noticed anyway”
Wha—What's this? Did Senpai say so on